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Article: GOP wants $16 million from House Republicans
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2000
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GOP wants $16 million from House Republicans
Committee assignments to be linked to member's fund raising for
party
By MIKE ALLEN
Washington Post
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
Washington -- House Republicans are launching a campaign Wednesday
to collect $16 million from their own members to use in tight races
this fall, backed by enforcement mechanisms that include pledge cards
and threats that future committee assignments will be based on fund-
raising effort as well as seniority.
The program, which House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is to
announce at a members-only breakfast this morning, will require each
of the House's 222 Republicans to raise a five- or six-figure amount
for the National ...